You're the flight surgeon. The flight surgeon is the key component in ensuring the aviation population is physically and mentally fit to fly.

Aviat Space Environ Med

Department of Graduate Medical Education, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, 2601 Louis Bauer Rd, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235-5130, USA.

Published: November 2004

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